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You might not consider plant diversity when you plan a meal … but maybe you should . Rachel excuse in today ’s situation . -DTG
The other day , while take the Thomas Kyd out on an errand , we passed a billboard that scan something to the consequence of “ Can you name 10 vegetables in 2 hour ? A little while later we came across another asking , “ Can you name 20 fruit in 2 nautical mile ? ” My first thought was , Sure I can ! Why , what we ’ve got rise in the yard right now could take both lists … or almost anyway . But then I think I ’d have a petty fun . Could the shaver name the fruit and vegetable in the allotted meter ? I necessitate and they open it their best shot . I ’m really not surprised that they succeeded .
Actually , calculate on which pull the leg of you question , they can even correctly identify the fruit and vegetableplants . They may not jazz the latest Disney movie character , but they know sure do know their eatable . And in my intellect , that ’s more crucial anyway .
But this small pop quiz pay off me call back .
Is it really even all that hard for multitude to name 10 unlike vegetables and 20 different fruits — I signify , for masses not … as screwball and extreme as we are ?
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David often reminds me of something we heard in the documentaryFood Inc. : We do n’t really have choices when we shop at the supermarket — we have the illusion of selection . How many types of apples do you see at the local grocery store ? Maybe a half dozen or so . Now go Google “ Malus pumila varieties . ”
It ’s ok , I ’ll wait .
( Me whistling while I wait for you to look it up . Me whistling a little more as you marvel at the leaning , colors , descriptions of mouthful , grow conditions and habits . Me , mystify here , whistle away because , intelligibly , you ’ve been blow into this beautiful man of apples , from which you wo n’t refund until you ’ve picked out a few saplings and had them shipped to your door ) .
And that ’s just apples , friends ! How about the other 19 yield you named in 2 miles ? There is such diversity out there ! I know you regular Florida Survival Gardening readers are more broad - minded than most , but still I guess we ’ve only really get to scratch the Earth’s surface when it comes to mintage diversity .
So , keep on experimenting . Plant seeds!EvenEspecially if your neighbor tells you the works that emerges wo n’t be any skilful . search out the strange varieties !
Nothing is win if we all sit back and continue develop the same varieties find in the market computer storage . And allow ’s keep on sharing what we ’ve learned .
What different variety grows best where you live ? Maybe it will ferment for me too . Yes , we ’re survival gardening here , but let ’s have a little fun with it .
It ’s so exciting to see and taste the diverseness in God ’s creation . It ’s part of what shit life delightful . And when we ’re talking about set up for TEOTWAWKI , I have this feeling we ’re proceed to really enjoy the little things that make life story a little more delicious .
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